◎First update◎
Liang Baozhen took leave for a month, and Zhou Yun took care of her after she gave birth. She took care of the baby and read books during the day, but Zhou Yun stopped her several times.
"Baozhen, don't read during the confinement period. Be careful not to damage your eyes. You will have trouble seeing things clearly like grandma in the future." There are many things to pay attention to during the confinement period. At the beginning, Zhou Yun even brought out the winter quilt for her, wanting to cover his grandson's wife with it. It was only after Liang Baozhen firmly refused that she had to coax her grandmother into giving up the idea. She didn't want to get prickly heat from being covered in it.
Liang Baozhen flipped through the pages again and continued to coax her, "I'll just read for a while, don't worry, grandma, my eyes are fine."
"You, kid, will know how to suffer when you grow older." Zhou Yun was helpless. Young people nowadays all have their own ideas. "I used to know a female worker in a factory who didn't get enough rest during her confinement. After that, she felt pain all over her body whenever it was windy or rainy. How does that saying go?"
"If you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences." Xu Shengwei, who was sitting in the living room gulping down water, understood this and immediately responded.
"You know a lot!" Zhou Yun looked at his little grandson and scolded him with a smile.
Xu Shengwei, who has officially joined the Children's Palace table tennis training team, is very busy now. He rushes to the Children's Palace as soon as he gets out of school every day and does not come back until eight or nine in the evening. At this time, most people in the compound have gone to bed, and he, a junior high school student, is the only one who is busy and having fun.
We came back early today because the Children's Palace had to close early to inspect the circuits, so the training ended in one hour.
"Grandma, my second brother also wants to recuperate after the baby is born." Xu Shengya was sitting at the dining table in the living room doing her homework. She was going to take the high school entrance exam soon, and whether she could be admitted to a key high school depended on this.
"Hehe, confinement is good. I can eat a lot of delicious food." Xu Shengwei was greedy when he smelled the fragrant chicken soup and the daily chicken and egg custard.
"You? You're a man and you still want to stay in confinement, right? Okay, go give birth to a baby tomorrow, and then grandma will take care of you during the confinement period."
"No, no, no, forget it." Xu Shengwei touched his belly. It would be terrible if he gave birth to a baby!
When Xu Shengjie came back, he saw Xu Shengwei lying on the table watching Xu Shengya doing her homework, but it was obvious that he was disliked by his sister.
"Why do you interfere with Xiaoya's homework?"
"Brother, this is not influencing, this is supervising!" Xu Shengwei rarely had a half-day off. It was so rare that he didn't go out to play but stayed at home.
"Whether Xiaoya can get into a good high school depends on this exam, so she has to work harder."
"Everyone's relationship is good this year. One of our children is taking the college entrance examination and the other is taking the high school entrance examination. Xiaowei has also joined the Children's Palace table tennis team. When Baozhen and Xiaoya finish their exams, we will go to the state-owned hotel for a meal!" Zhou Yun became excited as she spoke. Her great-grandsons were born, and they are all making great progress. How can the old lady not be happy?
"Grandma, are you treating us?" Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya looked up at her.
A smile crept up on Zhou Yun's eyes. She patted the pocket of her double-breasted shirt and said generously, "Grandma, please!"
"Wow!" Xu Shengya hurriedly lowered her head to do her homework, and was going to the state-owned hotel to eat!
Xu Shengwei ran to his grandmother, rubbed her shoulders and patted her back, "Grandma, how much meat would you like to order?"
"Eat as much as you like." Zhou Yun patted his grandson's hand.
Seeing the two of them were so happy, Xu Shengjie took a sip of water and went to the bedroom. Liang Baozhen was still lying on the bed reading a book. When she heard the noise outside, she just screamed excitedly.
Little Shanshan slept quietly beside her mother, and no matter how loud the noise outside was, it didn't wake her up.
"Shanshan is asleep?" Xu Shengjie walked into the room, sat down next to his wife, and leaned over to touch the girl's face.
"Yeah, she drank milk and fell asleep again." Liang Baozhen noticed that the girl had no other characteristics except that she could eat and sleep, like a little pig.
Xu Shengjie came back from work and felt that his daughter had changed a lot every time he saw her. He looked carefully, staring at her eyes, nose and mouth again and again, and touched his chin and said, "Has our daughter become whiter?"
"The baby's body was red in the first few days after birth, but it's getting better now." Liang Baozhen also turned her head to look at her daughter.
Shanshan is a very small girl with soft hair that feels very nice to the touch. She lies flat on the bed when she sleeps with a chubby face. Her little mouth will slowly open a little bit while she is sleeping. She sleeps very soundly.
"Shanshan is so pretty." Xu Shengjie looked at his daughter who was sleeping peacefully and couldn't help but sigh. He felt that she was prettier than all the babies.
"When she starts crying, you'll know whether she's pretty or not."
Speaking of crying, Liang Baozhen also has a headache. Her daughter cries several times a day now. She cries at the top of her lungs even when she wakes up and hasn't fully come back to her senses. She also cries with a wrinkled face even when she's not happy while feeding. Whenever she feels quiet now, she can still hear the sound of her daughter crying loudly in her ears.
"It's also beautiful even when crying!" Xu Shengjie was irrational at this moment. Other children cried with tears and snot, which was annoying to watch, but his own children were different.
"Okay, you can comfort her when she wakes up." Liang Baozhen quickly threw this difficult matter to her man.
As a human being, you have to experience it yourself to gain enlightenment.
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In the evening, the Xu family fried diced chicken with the remaining half chicken and gave each person a large bowl of steamed buns. When they finished eating, they tore open the steamed buns and dipped them into the oil used to stir-fry the chicken. The steamed buns soaked in sesame oil became soft and flavorful.
Liang Xu Shengjie was worried about the child, so he went into the room to take a look and then came out again, "He's still asleep."
"Let her sleep, and feed her when she wakes up."
As soon as the words fell, the room became noisy.
Shanshan, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, finally woke up. She looked around with her eyes half closed, her sapphire-like eyes swiveling left and right. When she saw no one was there, she opened her mouth, wrinkled her little face, and started crying immediately.
"Woo woo woo woo~"
The tone of the crying voice rose and fell, and finally maintained a high note. Xu Shengjie put down his chopsticks first and went into the house. He gently patted the girl's belly and coaxed her softly, "Daddy is here, Shanshan, don't cry, don't cry."
Shanshan, who cares who you are? I don't even know you!
Dad patted him while Shanshan cried on her own. The two of them, big and small, were stuck in a stalemate, but the crying continued.
Liang Baozhen finished her last bite of rice and walked into the room. She looked at the helpless man sitting beside the bed and wanted to laugh. "You go out and eat. I'll feed her."
"I'm done eating." Xu Shengjie still didn't believe it, so he picked up the girl and walked back and forth in the room, gently shaking her little body, trying to coax her into submission, but the little girl didn't buy her father's words at all.
Liang Baozhen closed the door and began to unbutton her clothes. She had gotten used to breastfeeding these days, so she could unbutton her clothes calmly. "Bring the child over here."
Sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the child in both hands, Liang Baozhen brought her daughter to the nipple. Shanshan, who was still crying in the previous second, grabbed the nipple and started sucking in the next second.
There were still big, crystal clear tears on her face, but the little girl didn't care about that anymore. Breastfeeding was the most important thing!
"You just know how to eat." Xu Shengjie coaxed her for a long time but to no avail. It turned out that breastfeeding was the most effective.
"She is so young, she can't do anything except eat and sleep."
At the end of her confinement period, Liang Baozhen finally met her elder sister.
This time, Liang Baojun and Liang Baoying came into the city together. They carried a large bag of vegetables and mountain products. This was the first time they saw Shanshan, and they teased her for a long time.
"Shanshan, look who's here to see you?" Liang Baozhen held her daughter in her arms and pointed at her elder sister and second brother and said, "This is your aunt and uncle."
"Shanshan is beautiful, fair and plump." Liang Baoying looked at the daughter born to her third sister. She had beautiful eyes and eyebrows, and her whole body was fair. She was really well raised.
"No, I have a very good appetite."
"It's amazing. Shanshan is so big now. I heard from her mother that she cried loudly when she was born." Liang Baojun was also happy to see his niece. He didn't like children very much and thought they were annoying, but his family members were an exception.
The three siblings talked for a while, and then it was time for Shanshan to drink milk. Liang Baojun went out to talk to Zhou Yun, leaving Liang Baoying alone in the room. Seeing the third sister holding the child skillfully and coaxing the child to feed, Liang Baoying always felt that this person had changed a lot.
"When Mengmeng was just born, you helped me take care of the baby. Now your own daughter is born."
"Yeah, I also feel that time flies by in the blink of an eye. Mengmeng is so big now, and Shanshan is almost one month old." Liang Baozhen's heart softened as she looked at her daughter who was sucking breasts seriously and hard.
"Yes, next time if conditions permit I will bring Meng Meng here to see her sister. She was mad at us at home, saying that she didn't even eat breakfast if we didn't take her to the city to see her little sister."
"Oh, what's going on? The captain won't issue the letter of introduction?" Liang Baozhen found it funny when she thought of her niece's angry look. Mengmeng must be feeling aggrieved.
"Really? They said that there are a lot of people who want to go to the city recently, so they can only drive two people at a time. No more than that. Otherwise, people from the countryside will come to the city and it will be chaotic." Liang Baoying smiled, and remembered that it was not just Mengmeng. "Baoling is angry too. The two of them are sulking together, so they want to go to the city to see you and Shanshan."
"Next time, come fast next time." Liang Baozhen sighed, why is it so difficult to meet with her family? "By the way, sister, what did my brother-in-law say?"
It has been quite some time since Song Jianguo returned to the city, but why hasn't he made any news yet? Liang Baozhen asked Liang Baojun a few months ago, and he said he was still planning. Later, she was busy with having a baby, so she didn't ask again.
"There are many people in his family but the place is small. Jianguo is also worried now. It is difficult to apply for a dormitory in the factory. Everyone is waiting. It is unknown how long it will take to get one based on seniority. His mother keeps complaining that it is not comfortable to live at home and said that she will wait and see about taking us in."
"Sister, are you just going to wait like this?" Liang Baozhen didn't know what her brother-in-law was thinking. Could he really consider her elder sister and Mengmeng? There were some things she didn't say, and she was worried about making her elder sister sad. What if this man didn't plan to pick her up in the city?
"I'm urging him." Liang Baoying was also worried. No matter what, she was still waiting for her man to pick her up. Apart from anything else, Mengmeng was almost old enough to go to elementary school, and she couldn't let the child's studies be delayed.
"Since you have made up your mind, you should urge him more, otherwise..." Forget it, Liang Baozhen couldn't say this, "Anyway, you have an idea in your mind. I heard that there are educated youth from other places who remarried in the city after returning. Sister, you have to keep your eyes open. Did he send you his salary during this period?"
"I sent it, ten yuan a month. Later, when he became a regular employee, he sent fifteen yuan." Liang Baoying had confidence in Song Jianguo because of this, but she felt uneasy about being separated for such a long time, especially without the marriage certificate.
"Then you have to hurry up and don't let him keep it a secret and delay you. You should go to their house today. No matter what, there has to be a fixed date. Otherwise, how long will it take to get there after waiting for a year?"
Liang Baoying had actually informed Song Jianguo in advance about her trip to the city. After all, it was better to meet in the city since no one would know them. It was not like in the countryside where Song Jianguo had to avoid people when he came back secretly.
"I called him yesterday and told him to meet outside the soda factory at noon today."
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